Preston North End vs Leicester 16/08/2025

Preston North End

Preston North End

Deepdale Stadium

16 Aug 2025, 16:00

2:1

Finished

Leicester

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

7'

Goal

Alfie Devine(Pol Valentín)

2ND HALF

B. El Khannouss

Patson Daka

46'

Luke Thomas

Jeremy Monga

57'

S. Mavididi

Wout Faes

57'

Jeremy Monga(Wout Faes)

Goal

67'

73'

Oddel Offiah

Alfie Devine

73'

S. Thordarson

Pol Valentín

74'

J. Storey

James Justin

Injured

76'

James Justin

H. Choudhury

77'

85'

M. Osmajić

85'

Goal

M. Osmajić(Thierry Small)

86'

Andrija Vukcevic

Thierry Small

Abdul Fatawu

Kasey Mcateer

86'

Match statistics

39%Possession61%

270Passes Attempted418

192Completed Passes360

6Corners4

23Throw-ins26

13Shots On Target14

Line-ups

Preston North End

Formation

5-3-2

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Andrew

#16Hughes

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Thierry

#26Small

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Michael

#24Smith

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Lewis Gibson #19
J. Storey #14	74'
A. Hughes #16
Pol Valentín #2	73' 🎯7'
Thierry Small #26	86' 🎯85'
B. Whiteman #4
Alfie Devine #21	73' ⚽7'
A. McCann #8
M. Osmajić #28	85' ⚽85'
Michael Smith #24

Will not play

Daniel

Daniel Lønne Iversen

Goalkeeper

Groin injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Preston North End

Formation

5-3-2

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Andrew

#16Hughes

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Thierry

#26Small

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Michael

#24Smith

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Lewis Gibson #19
J. Storey #14	74'
A. Hughes #16
Pol Valentín #2	73' 🎯7'
Thierry Small #26	86' 🎯85'
B. Whiteman #4
Alfie Devine #21	73' ⚽7'
A. McCann #8
M. Osmajić #28	85' ⚽85'
Michael Smith #24

Will not play

Daniel

Daniel Lønne Iversen

Goalkeeper

Groin injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Leicester

Formation

4-2-3-1

Jakub

#1Stolarczyk

Jannik

#23Vestergaard

Memeh Caleb

#5Okoli

Luke Jonathan

#33Thomas

James

#2Justin

Boubakary

#24Soumare

Harry

#8Winks

Bilal

#11El Khannouss

Stephy Alvaro

#10Mavididi

Issahaku

#7Abdul Fatawu

Jordan Pierre

#9Ayew

Starting XI

J. Stolarczyk #1
J. Vestergaard #23
Caleb Okoli #5
Luke Thomas #33	57'
James Justin #2	76' 77'
B. Soumaré #24
Harry Winks #8
B. El Khannouss #11	46'
S. Mavididi #10	57'
Abdul Fatawu #7	86'
Jordan Ayew #9

Will not play

Harry James

Harry James Souttar

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Unknown

Hamza Dewan

Hamza Dewan Choudhury

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Aaron James

Aaron James Ramsey

Midfielder

Hamstring Injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Victor Bernth

Victor Bernth Kristiansen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Mid March 2026

Manager

Leicester

Martí Cifuentes

Head-to-head

20 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

5

Wins

6

Draws

9

Wins

Leicester

Leicester

Championship2024 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

Championship2023 • 1 match

Leicester

Preston North End

Preston North End

Friendly2022 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

Friendly2014 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

Championship2011 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	35	21	8	6	72:38	+34	71	DWWWW
2	Middlesbrough	35	19	9	7	54:35	+19	66	WLDDW
3	Ipswich Town	34	18	9	7	60:34	+26	63	WLWWW
4	Millwall	35	18	8	9	47:40	+7	62	WWLWW
5	Hull City	35	18	6	11	56:49	+7	60	LLWWL
6	Wrexham AFC	35	15	12	8	54:45	+9	57	LDWWW
7	Southampton	35	14	11	10	57:46	+11	53	WWDWW
8	Derby County	35	14	9	12	52:46	+6	51	LWLLW
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	45:41	+4	51	LDWLW
10	Bristol City	35	14	8	13	48:44	+4	50	WDLWL
11	Birmingham City	35	13	10	12	46:46	0	49	WDWLL
12	Preston North End	36	12	13	11	42:43	-1	49	DLDLL
13	Sheffield Utd	35	15	3	17	50:48	+2	48	LWWLW
14	Stoke City	35	13	8	14	39:34	+5	47	DLDWL
15	Queens Park Rangers	35	13	8	14	46:54	-8	47	DLWLL
16	Swansea City	35	13	7	15	40:43	-3	46	WLWDL
17	Norwich City	35	13	6	16	47:44	+3	45	WWLWW
18	Charlton Athletic	35	10	11	14	33:44	-11	41	WLDDL
19	Portsmouth	34	10	9	15	34:44	-10	39	LWWLL
20	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	8	17	33:46	-13	38	LWWLL
21	Oxford United	36	8	11	17	34:48	-14	35	LDLWW
22	West Brom	35	9	8	18	34:52	-18	35	DDLDL
23	Leicester	35	10	10	15	47:56	-9	34	LLDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	35	1	8	26	21:71	-50	-7	LLLLL

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Venue:

Deepdale Stadium

Capacity:

23 408

Preston North End vs Leicester match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Preston North End and Leicester. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.